What do

you think ?
What do
you think
about
her?
What do
you think
about
him?
What are adjectives?
Mention the adjectives
that you know!
ADJECTIVE ORDER
Example :
a.He is a handsome young boy.
b.I drive an old blue German car.

When you use more than one adjective, you

have to put them in the right order. According
to type.
 The Acronym of
Adjective Order
OSASCOMP
O pinion
S ize
A ge
S hape
C olour
O rigin
M aterial
P urpose
Opinion An opinion adjective explains what you
think about something (other people may
not agree with you).
Examples: friendly, beautiful, handsome,
horrible, difficult, interesting, ugly, etc.
Size A Size adjective, of course, tells you how
big or small something is.
Examples: large, tiny, enormous, little,
short, small, tall, high, big, thick,thin, etc.
Age An Age adjective tells how young or old
something or someone is.
Examples: young, old, ancient, new.
Shape A Shape adjective describes the shape of
something.
Examples: square, round, flat, rectangular,
triangle, etc.
Colour A Colour adjective, of course, describes the
color of something.
Examples: blue, pink, reddish, grey, white,
black, etc.
Origin An Origin adjective describes where
something comes from.
Example: French, American, eastern, Greek
Material A Material adjective describes what
something is made from.
Example: wooden, metal, cotton,
paper
Purpose A Purpose adjective describes what
something is used for. These adjectives
often end with “-ing”.

Example: sleeping (as in “sleeping

bag”), roasting (as in “roasting tin”),
racing (as in “racing car”), walking (as
in “walking stick”),etc.
Examples:
A wonderful old Italian clock.
(opinion - age - origin)
A big square blue box.
(size - shape - colour)
A disgusting pink plastic ornament.
(opinion - colour - material)
Some slim new French trousers.
(size - age - origin)
 The Rules
1. When there are two or more colours
adjectives, we use “and” :
1)A black and white dress.
2)A red, white and green flag.

2. When there are two opinions in a

sentence: don’t use “and”:
An opinion is divided into 2 types:
-General Opinion
-Specific Opinion
General Opinion Specific Opinion
The Rules
Definition: Definition:
The central idea of The specific opinion is
some of the adjectives located after the
in one sentence general opinion, it
illustrates more detail
Example: adjectives about a
Beautiful, Cheap, Good, noun in a sentence.
Bad, etc.
Example:
Friendly, Clever,
Comfortable, etc.
The Rules
Example:
The good friendly Indonesian man. [√]

General
General
opinion
opinion
Specific
Specificopinion
opinion

The good and friendly Indonesian man. [X]

EXERCISE
Rearrange the following adjective to make
a good sentence.

Example:
She was wearing a (long, red, beautiful)
dress
Answer:
She was wearing a beautiful long red
dress.
Exercise
1. I found (rectangel, small, wooden) box
in my sister’s room.
2. The shop assistant put the gift into a
(brown, small, paper) bag.
3. I bought a (sexy, white, short)
dress to wear.
4. I just bought a sports (German, black,
new) car.
Exercise

5. They're showing a (action, new) movie

at the cinema tonight.
6. He wore a (blue, denim, stylish) shirt.